Congratulations to the students who participated in the 2011 Emmaus Arts Commission Student Horror Film Festival. Three film professionals judged and scored the winning films based on a 1-10 point rating system.
High School Division
First Place
Film Title: "Delirium"
School: Emmaus High School
Team Leader: Anna Overholts
Team Members: Drew Switzer and Elliot Laubach
Second Place
Film Title: "The Stranger I Work For"
School: Emmaus High School
Team Leader: Alex Krause
Team Members: Sabrina Palmieri, Bryce Haines, Aiden Newell, Pierce Campion, Gage Baughman
Middle School Division
First Place
Film Title: "The Unearthly Jester"
School: Orefield Middle School
Team Leader: Graham Burrell
Second Place
Film Title: "Cursed By Thirst"
School: Lower Macungie Middle School
Team Leader: Tori Delhagen
Team Members: Alex Kugler, Rachel Heiney, Zoie Kassis
Plus, special awards given
Best Use of Required Material
Film Title: "Cannibalistic Revenge"
School: Lower Macungie Middle School
Team Leader: Laura Vigliotti
Team Members: Vaishnavi Rudraraju, Dalton Marks, Zhuohong He, Cynthia He, Eva Burke
Best Editing and Directing
Film Title: "Flashback"
School: Bethlehem Area Vocational Technical School
Team Leader: Joel Figueroa
Team Members: Keith Borst, Devon Davies, Zach Ehret, Evan Politi, Troy Cahill
Best Storytelling
Film Title: "Thought By Thought"
School: North Pocono High School
Team Leader: Nikkole Austin
Team Members: Laura Bruce, Spencer Williams, Miranda Tripus
Judges award -Most Memorable
Film Title: "The Cemetary"
School: Salisbury Middle School
Team Leader: Shane Simononis
Team Members: Kade Simononis, Sierra Mamay, Zach Glenn, Riley Simononis
Lifetime Achievement Award
Six years in the Student Film Festival as Team Leader: Senior, Allissa Delhagen - Emmaus High School
Larry Delhagen
6:44 pm on Monday, November 14, 2011
After watching all of this year's entries, I have to say this was the best contest yet. To see entrants from so far away come to compete in Emmaus was fantastic, and the quality of the film making was again, the best yet. Well done as usual Jeff and everyone involved. I will miss Allissa and her crew participating, but Tori and her friends still have 4 more opportunities to kill each other off. Thanks to all of you for this gift to the community and to the kids.
jeff shubzda
7:07 am on Tuesday, November 15, 2011
I would just like to thank all the participants, their families and schools for supporting our event. This was out 6th year and I am personally excited to begin our 7th year. Special thanks to all of our sponsors, East Penn Press, PenTelaData, WFMZ, After Dark Films, Just Born, Weis Markets, Amelia’s, Clark Media, Candlewick Press, and Service Electric.